as in crushed
to reduce to fine particles
this medication for athlete's foot is atomized so that it can be sprayed on from an aerosol can
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Recent Examples of atomized
The internet has atomized some of the conservative movement’s culture—support for Israel within the Republican Party has been sustained in large part by voters’ embeddedness in evangelical church life.
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Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026
Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority.
—Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
But Judah’s model was, in its way, less public, or at least less politically oriented, more atomized, similar to self-help figures like Oprah and Deepak Chopra, who might give private instruction and offer one-on-one spiritual therapy to the famous.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
Our group had lost each other in the night and the cacophony—atomized by the strangeness—but miraculously found each other again.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 21 Dec. 2025
Now, the world has gotten so multipolar, polarized and atomized.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
Challenges, Opportunities, and Passports Runaway production has been atomized as states and countries compete to offer producers the hottest deals.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024
The system’s emissions consist of water atomized and released as vapor.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2024
As familial units grow smaller and more atomized, fewer people get married, and high levels of voluntary childlessness take hold in country after country.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026
Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority.
—Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
But Judah’s model was, in its way, less public, or at least less politically oriented, more atomized, similar to self-help figures like Oprah and Deepak Chopra, who might give private instruction and offer one-on-one spiritual therapy to the famous.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
Our group had lost each other in the night and the cacophony—atomized by the strangeness—but miraculously found each other again.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 21 Dec. 2025
Now, the world has gotten so multipolar, polarized and atomized.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
Challenges, Opportunities, and Passports Runaway production has been atomized as states and countries compete to offer producers the hottest deals.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024
The system’s emissions consist of water atomized and released as vapor.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2024
As familial units grow smaller and more atomized, fewer people get married, and high levels of voluntary childlessness take hold in country after country.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for atomized
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Another ball India crushed later in the game would have been out of several.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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Duke was absolutely crushed for the second straight year.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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United could have disintegrated in the second period, fearing fate was against them.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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There was more funding for higher education, less restrictive laws, lower voting ages, better reproductive rights for women and easier divorces, while icons of popular culture gained far greater prominence and influence as stuffy hierarchies disintegrated.—
Jason Burke,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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Old timers can recall when clockwork storms pounded in the summer and drizzled in the winter.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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The fort stood high above the river, where fearsome artillery was able to turn back the Union gunboats that had pounded low-lying Fort Henry into submission.—
Bill Steiden,
Des Moines Register,
24 Mar. 2026
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Each day, an FX makeup team used around 400 prosthetics on the passengers, and made 3,000 gel capsules filled with sodium bicarbonate, citric acid and red powdered Kool-Aid.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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My eyes scanned the faces around me, all of them powdered in ash.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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